#春日生活打卡季 # "The most beautiful April day in the world, live up to the time and time", after entering April, with the gradual increase in temperature, many seasonal ingredients unique to this season have also begun to be marketed in large quantities, so it can be said that this season is a good time to taste seasonal deliciousness.
Every year, the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea will be closed for fishing, so the period before the fishing moratorium comes is the peak season for fishermen to go out to fish, and it is also the time when many seasonal seafood are on the market in large quantities.
During this period before May Day, because the sea water is the time to change from cool to hot, and with the rise of sea temperature, many seafood has also come to the breeding period, so many seafood on the market in this season are with seeds or this is unique to this season.
What kind of seafood is good to eat before May Day? The old fishermen on the beach gave the answer: These five kinds of seafood are in season and are plump, and if you miss them, you may have to wait another year.
1. Pipi shrimp
Pipi shrimp is also known as "shrimp crawler" or "shrimp girl", every year before May Day is the time when Pipi shrimp begins to go on the market, although Pipi shrimp is also sold in the autumn and winter market, but in terms of fatness, only the most delicious before May Day.
Spring is the season for the shrimp to breed offspring, and the shrimp in this season has just experienced the growth of autumn and winter, so the size and umami are better than the shrimp on the market in other seasons, the shrimp on the market before May Day, the mother has a hard and compact shrimp roe, this shrimp roe tastes fragrant and not fishy, which is why the shrimp shrimp is popular before May Day.
In addition to steaming, the best way to eat is to marinate the shrimp raw, that is, to marinate the fresh shrimp with white wine and various spices, and after refrigeration and marinating for a few hours, the meat is as crystal clear as jelly, and it tastes delicious and can't stop at all.
2. Small cuttlefish pittant
The small cuttlefish is actually the cuttlefish cubs, the spring of each year is the breeding season of the cuttlefish, at this time the cuttlefish roe will hatch out of the small cuttlefish pups, and the seaside people call this kind of cubs "cuttlefish beans".
Small cuttlefish is only available after Qingming and before May Day, so this small seafood belongs to the unique seafood species before May Day.
The meat of the small cuttlefish is particularly delicate, with a unique fresh and sweet taste, and this kind of small cuttlefish is eaten with ink, so the umami taste is more unique.
Small cuttlefish can be used to make dumplings or fried eggs, but the most delicious way to eat it is the cuttlefish sauce made by fishermen by the sea, which is to add salt to the cuttlefish and mix well, and then seal and ferment, so that the cuttlefish is full of umami, which is incomparable to shrimp paste and fish sauce.
3. Octopus
Octopus in coastal areas is mainly divided into two kinds of long-legged and short-legged, short-legged octopus marketed before May Day, it is the octopus that has just grown up in spring, and the meat quality is much more delicate and sweet than the long-legged octopus.
The short-legged octopus before May Day will have a small round ball in its stomach, which is full of seeds the size of rice grains, and it tastes particularly fragrant.
Octopus in this season is suitable for many dishes, but one of the most delicious dishes is stir-fried octopus with shallots and leeks, and the dumplings made with octopus are also very delicious.
4. Shrimp monster
The shrimp monster is a hermit crab, which mainly parasitizes in the conch shell, hides its soft belly in the shell, and relies on two clamps, one large and one small, to feed.
Before May Day, it was the shrimp monster's breeding season, in addition to the big clips that were much more delicious than crab meat, the shrimp monster's stomach at this time was full of seeds, and the shrimp line was washed with a mouth, and the mouth was full of delicious soup, which was particularly enjoyable to eat.
After the water temperature rises, the shrimp monster will become very thin after spawning, so this kind of seafood can only be seen on sale before May Day every year, and it is difficult to encounter it in other seasons.
5. Red hairy shrimp
Red shrimp is also a unique seafood species before May Day, this kind of seafood that looks like crayfish, mainly lives in the coastal tidal flats, and this period before May Day every year is its breeding season.
The red shrimp has a hard shell and a big head, and the time before May Day is when it gives birth to offspring, so the red shrimp have hard shrimp roe in their stomachs.
The shrimp line of the red hair shrimp is relatively thick, so the shrimp line must be removed when eating, although the meat of the red hair shrimp is not very much, but the freshness is located between the crab and the shrimp, and the umami taste is more special when eating, which is a rare delicacy before May Day.
Every year from May Day to May Day will usher in the fishing moratorium, so the period before May Day is a good time to eat seafood, the above seafood varieties are almost unique to spring, it is the time of plump and plump, if you miss it may have to wait another year.